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Lädt ... The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives (2012. Auflage)von Katie Couric
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Couric asks accomplished people, some famous, and some not, talk about the best advice they ever recieved. The results are mixed. Some answers seem like trite cliques, but others actually tell a story, explaining the situation around the advice and why it mattered. The best stories are not just about the advice, but how they got it a just the right moment it their lives, stressing that timing is as important as the advice itself. On a personal note, she talks about her shaky term at the CBS Evening News and from it one gets the sense she was more than ready to leave after several years of lowering ratings and constant criticism. Perhaps her life is the best advice of all, when it's time to go, LEAVE!!! ( ) Great collection edited with commentary by Katie Couric. There a a couple people in this 2009 project that might not be included today (Donald Trump, Bill Cosby) but overall a winning group of contributors from music, art, politics, literature, entertainment, business, technology who have worthwhile advice to share -- some more profound than others. Stand-outs for me were Gloria Steinem, Anna Quindlen, Malcolm Gladwell, Ken Burns among others. Lots of "never give up" and "don't give in to fear" examples but with enough personal anecdotes to make them slightly different. Great gift for a graduate or anyone in transition. This is an interesting collection of advice from a variety of famous and successful people. Much of the advice is common sense or is basically encouragement to do the right thing. I found some of the stories associated with the advice to be interesting. I was encouraged to step out and take chances. I freely recommend this book. Katie Couric has collected from world known leaders how to take chances, follow our passions, cope with criticism and commit to something greater than ourselves. She also reflects on the good and bad advice that has guided her through her life. Good book for those who are thinking about the future, taking risk and daring the unknown. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Biography & Autobiography.
New Age.
Self-Improvement.
Nonfiction.
HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? For anyone who wants to see how today??s best and brightest got it right, got it wrong, and came out on top. What was the tipping point for Malcolm Gladwell? What unscripted event made Meryl Streep who she is? In this inspiration-packed book, Katie Couric reports from the front lines of the worlds of politics, entertainment, sports, philanthropy, the arts, and business??distilling the ingenious, hard-won insights of leaders and visionaries, who tell us all how to take chances, follow our passions, cope with criticism, and, perhaps most important, commit to something greater than ourselves. Among the many voices to be heard here are financial guru Suze Orman on the benefits of doing what??s right, not what??s easy; director Steven Spielberg on listening rather than being listened to; quarterback Drew Brees on how his (literal) big break changed his life; and novelist Curtis Sittenfeld on the secrets of a great long-term relationship (she suggests marrying someone less neurotic than you); not to mention: ? Michael Bloomberg: ??Eighty percent of success is showing up . . . early.? ? Eric Stonestreet: ??Remember that the old lady who??s taking forever in line is someone??s grandma.? ? Joyce Carol Oates: ??Read widely??what you want to read, and not what someone suggests that you should read.? ? Jimmy Kimmel: ??When in doubt, order the hamburger.? ? Apolo Ohno: ??It??s not about the forty seconds; it??s about the four years, the time it took to get there.? ? Madeleine K. Albright: ??Never play hide-and-seek with the truth.? Along the way, Couric reflects on the good advice??and the missteps??that have guided her from her early days as a desk assistant at ABC to her groundbreaking role as the first female anchor of the CBS Evening News. She reveals how the words of Thomas Jefferson helped her deal with her husband??s tragic death from cancer, and what encouraged her to leave the security of NBC??s Today show for a new adventure at CBS. Delightful, empowering, and moving, The Best Advice I Ever Got is the perfect book for anyone who is thinking Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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